Posts tagged facebook
Some analysts and observers question whether Facebook can generate significant growth, especially after its revenue recently fell. But Paul Ford, a consultant for Activate and writer for New York magazine, disagrees, telling me that the social network has plenty of ways to make money even if it never adds another user.
Users will eventually realize that Facebook has unleashed something remarkable: a meaningful social network.
tumblr makes me want to have drinks with people I’ve never met…facebook makes me want to throw drinks at people I already know.
Everything that’s worth doing is actually pretty hard and takes a lot of work. There are no short cuts.
I hate fake nails….I cant pick my nose!!!
We approve.
Awesome.
gq:
The Social Network: The Prequel
Though computer-dating was still a new concept in 1965—back then, the answers to personality questionnaires were converted into punch cards which were then fed into computers the size of small cars—two rival outfits had already popped up at Harvard: Operation Match and Contact Incorporated. Very little distinguished the two companies. Operation Match sold its questionnaires for $3. Contact charged $4. The Operation Match questionnaire was somewhat playful. Contact posed more serious questions. (One Operation Match survey question, “My race is…,” had only three options: Caucasian, Oriental, or Negro.) Still, both aimed to expand the campus dating pool from Wheaton to Wellesley, from Pembroke to Mount Holyoke. And like the story of The Social Network, the intrigue here had as much to do with the thrill of new technology as it did with who talked the most smack.
From Dan Slater’s wild, untold story on GQ.com about Harvard’s original social-network startup war—this time between a pair of computer dating companies in the mid-1960s.
Who knew?
“Aaaaawwwwwwkberrrrg!!!”
And here’s the video (via Gawker.tv)
obligatory reblog because of the video
Goldman, Citing Strong Response, to End Facebook Solicitation
Interest in shares of Facebook Inc. is so strong that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to stop soliciting interest from potential investors on Thursday, after the securities firm received orders of several billion dollars, according to people familiar with the situation.
Even as Goldman takes a stake in Facebook, its employees may struggle to view what they invested in. Like those at most major Wall Street firms, Goldman’s computers automatically block access to social networking sites, including Facebook.
NYT: Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation
Shouldn’t they be distracted from work just like everyone else now?
Official Stamp of Approval
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James Dean
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yo.
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“Why? Do you find this… distracting?”
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Also of note:
One URL name of a site I created is actually “403forbidden”
Another URL I own only serves the text, “The cops have already been...
